Comments on: More Tales From the Tech Bubble… http://wheredoesallmymoneygo.com/more-tales-from-the-tech-bubble/ A personal finance blog written by Preet Banerjee Wed, 23 May 2012 17:49:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Carl J http://wheredoesallmymoneygo.com/more-tales-from-the-tech-bubble/#comment-2603 Carl J Wed, 17 Dec 2008 14:58:55 +0000 http://www.wheredoesallmymoneygo.com/?p=969#comment-2603 I had totally forgotten (maybe even didn't know) that Palm was 3Com's. I remember thought, all of the rage of the Palm Pilot back in the day, seemed like everyone wanted one. Back then, Palm would be today's Blackberry. Here's a useless tidbit. Just before Steve Jobs' NeXt was bought by Apple (and he returned to save them), Apple offered Be Inc. something like $125 million to buy BeOS (which was created by an ex Apple guy), which would of been part of what we now know as Mac OS X. Be Inc. turned down the offer (and Apple then bought NeXt and Steve Jobs for $400 million), and a few years later Palm bough Be Inc. for something like $11 million for Be's web application OS, which would run the Palm. I had totally forgotten (maybe even didn’t know) that Palm was 3Com’s. I remember thought, all of the rage of the Palm Pilot back in the day, seemed like everyone wanted one. Back then, Palm would be today’s Blackberry.

Here’s a useless tidbit. Just before Steve Jobs’ NeXt was bought by Apple (and he returned to save them), Apple offered Be Inc. something like $125 million to buy BeOS (which was created by an ex Apple guy), which would of been part of what we now know as Mac OS X.

Be Inc. turned down the offer (and Apple then bought NeXt and Steve Jobs for $400 million), and a few years later Palm bough Be Inc. for something like $11 million for Be’s web application OS, which would run the Palm.

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